Earlier this week, we discussed the Calgary Flames’ goaltending system in the mailbag. It’s probably worth going into in a bit more detail. In short: the Flames have a lot of goalies under contract, but a surprising amount of flexibility.
Four guys for four spots
A season ago, the Flames began the 2018-19 season with four goalies signed for their minor league system: Jon Gillies, Tyler Parsons, Nick Schneider and Mason McDonald. Gillies and Parsons spent much of the season in Stockton of the AHL and Schneider and McDonald were down in Kansas City.
Heading into 2019-20, the Flames once again have four goalies for four spots: Gillies, Parsons, Schneider and Russian signing Artyom Zagidulin.